{"product_id":"the-bangladesh-reader-9780822353188","title":"The Bangladesh Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with images, first-person accounts, short stories, historical documents, speeches, treaties, essays, poems, and songs, this \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e is an unprecedented introduction to the historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This revelatory volume brings alive Bangladesh’s tormented history and vibrant culture through a selection of excerpts and illustrations from works of history, journalism, literature, and visual art.” -- Andrew J. Nathan * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e“Here are the key reasons I found the volume very useful: (a) before this, the history of Bangladesh was a mere appendage to what happened in India and later Pakistan. Its politics was looked at as a mere response to the stimuli provided by India and Pakistan. This book is the first attempt on a grand scale to make the history and politics of Bangladesh stand on its own feet, (b) it is as wide as it is deep. It is wide in the sense that it covers the entire history of this nation from the ancient times until today.” -- Subhajyoti Ray * Economic and Political Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e“This is a unique, impressive and imaginative approach to compiling a volume of this nature. . . . Does \u003ci\u003eThe Bangladesh Reader\u003c\/i\u003e fulfill and even exceed our expectations at times? Insofar as it is possible to compile a general text on the eighth most populous nation on earth, the answer is an emphatic yes.' -- Ali Raza * Dawn *\u003cbr\u003e“The essays, stories, reports, documents, photographs and cartoons in this volume offer an escape from the stereotypes and a real encounter with the country and its people. The way the editors have ensured this is remarkably refreshing. The result is more rewarding than dry academic research or journalistic simplifications.” -- Ashishis Chakrabarti * Telegraph India *\u003cbr\u003e“The latest addition to Duke University Press’ World Readers series is a gem. It offers both general readers and specialists an unprecedented and much-needed array of information, voices, images and perspectives on Bangladesh’s history, politics and culture. . . . Overall, this is a hugely impressive feat of scholarship for which the two editors should be congratulated.” -- David Lewis * Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is exceptional because of the eyes of the editors for details of everyday life and the pot-pourri nature of the entries. ...The two distinguished scholars compile the rich narratives with an eye for the ordinary. It is this subaltern view that gives the\u003ci\u003e Reader\u003c\/i\u003e its distinctive character. While other compilers look for the contributions of the most scholarly and the well-known writers, the \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e provides voices to the voiceless, it gives them a rightful place, and they remain not in the margin, but in the mainstream. The weaving of the illustrations, reports, stories and scholarly pieces produce a compendium that should be a mandatory reading for anyone interested in understanding where and how Bangladesh came from. The innovative style of this compendium is of great value and the \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e sets a standard for inclusivity.\" -- Habibul Haque Khondker * Asian Journal of Social Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations xi\u003cbr\u003e Ackowledgments xv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e I. Voices from Bangladesh 7\u003cbr\u003e II. Early Histories 31\u003cbr\u003e III. Colonial Encounters 71\u003cbr\u003e IV. Partition and Pakistan 157\u003cbr\u003e V. War and Independence 221\u003cbr\u003e VI. Dilemmas of Nationhood 291\u003cbr\u003e VII. Contemporary Culture 367\u003cbr\u003e VIII. The Development Gaze 411\u003cbr\u003e IX. Bangladesh beyond Borders 469\u003cbr\u003e Suggestions for Further Reading 521\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 527\u003cbr\u003e Index 541","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406072455511,"sku":"9780822353188","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822353188.jpg?v=1730494433","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bangladesh-reader-9780822353188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}